Combination step-ladder and ironing-board.



No. 772,815. PATENTED 0071?. 18, 1904.

. W. o. MOORE.

COMBINATION STEP LADDER AND IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1904. no MODEL. z SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No ."772,-815. PATENTED OGT. 18,1904

W. MOORE...

OOMBINATI ON STBP LADDER AND IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1904; 1

T0 MODEL, 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

set up in readiness for use.

. UNiTE ST T Patented October 18, 1904. i

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. MOORE,'OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

COMBINATION STEP-LADDER AND lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,815, dated October 18, 1904.

2 Application filed April 13, 1904. SerialNo. 202,948. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

der and ironing-board being separable and folding to enable the said devices to be compactly' folded for storage and transportation. I

Y A further object of the invention is to provide a folding and detachable support for the ironing-board which readily admits of a garment, such as askirt or shirt, being slipped over the end of the ironing-board and removed therefrom when the ironing operation has been completed. 1

With the above general objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated, and claimed. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 .is a perspective view of the device as a whole Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device when folded. Fig. 4 is a detail section showing another way of connecting the ironing-board with the stepladder.

Like referencenumerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- 1 mgs Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a step-ladder of ordinary construction, having the rear props 2 thereof connected at intervals by cross-bars 3, which serve .to support the clothes either before or after the same have been ironed.

The ironing-board 4 may be of any desired shape in plan and is provided at that end which connects with the step-ladder in its opposite corners with notches, said notches receiving the legs of the ladder and forming shoulders 5, which abut against the legs of the ladder, as shown in Fig. 1. The board is also provided along the under side of the inner end with one or more hooks 6, and, if desired, the said hooks, may be in the form of a con tinuous cleat extending entirely across the inner end of the board, so as to drop behind and engage one of the steps 7, as shown in Fig.

-2. The hooks or cleat 6, accordingly as one or the other be employed, may be either separate from orintegral with the ironing-board, the latter being the form herein shown. Adjacent to the step-ladder the board is also provided on its under side with bearings 8 for the reception of journals 9 at the upper ends of a pair of oppositely arranged folding spring-standards 10, the lower extremities of which are bent, as shown at 11, and removably inserted in keepers 12, secured to the stepladder, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. If desired, the journal portions 9 may extend across and connect the standards 10, the said journal portions passing under the ironing-board 4. By pressing the lower ends of the-standards 10 toward each other they may be moved out of engagement with the keepers 12'for the purpose of detaching the board from the stepladder. When the standards are in engagement with the keepers, the board 4 is locked to the step-ladder.

Arranged at a suitable distance from the outer endof the board 4 is a seat 13, preferably formed by a pair of parallel cleats eX- tending across the under side of the board, as shown in Fig. 2, and set apart sufiiciently to receive between them the upper edge of a detachable supporting-frame 14. This frame is connected with the board 4 by means of a brace embodying side portions 15 and a connecting portion 16, which passes through bearings 17 on the supporting-frame 14, while the extremities-of the arms 15 are bent and inserted through openings 16 in keepers or lugs 17, secured to the under side of the board 4, as shown in Fig. 2. By slightly raising the outer end of the board 4 the supportingframe 14 may be disconnected at its upper edge from the seat 13 and folded upward, so as to allow a skirt or shirt or other article of clothing to be placed over the board in readiness for ironing and in a similar manner removed therefrom.

By means of the construction above described the ironing-board may be readily applied to and detached from the step-ladder, While the double brace 15 enables the supporting-frame 14 to be folded against the bottom of the ironing-board with either end extending outward. In folding the support 14 for transportation or storage the upper end of said support is moved outward toward the outer end of the ironing-board, as shown in Fig. 3; but in order to place the article of clothing around the ironing-board the lower end of the support 14 is swung outward toward the outer end of the ironing-board. The brace 15 thus forms what may be termed a hinge for the end supporting-frame 14.

In Fig. 4 1 have illustrated another form of connection between the ironing-board and step-ladder, which consists of one or more spring-clips 18, secured to the lower side of the ironing-board and adapted to slip over and embrace one of the steps 7, as clearly shown in said figure. The clips or clip 18 also adapt the ironing-board to be clamped to the edge of a table or similar support.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with a step-ladder provided with keepers attached to the side mem bers thereof, of an ironing-board having supporting means near one end thereof, and folding spring-standards having a journaled connection with the board and provided with laterally-extending terminal portions (,letachably engaging the said keepers.

2. The combination with a step-ladder provided with keepers, of an ironing-board adapted to rest at one end on one of the steps of the ladder and provided with means for engaging said step, folding springstandards having a journaled connection with the board and provided with laterally-extending terminal portions which engage said keepers, and a folding support connected with the outer end of the ironing-board, substantially as described. y

In testimony whereof I aliix my signatu re in presence of two witnesses.

WlLLIAH G. MOORE.

\Vitnesses:

H. CLAY N nvILLn, FELIX R. Pon'rnn. 

